The past year was a difficult one overall for the metals, with the main standouts to the upside being a geopolitical risk-driven gain in gold, a China-driven rise in iron ore and a surge in uranium on broadening global support for nuclear power (Figure 1). A jump in global interest rates to near two-decade highs saw recession fears persist all year, and while one still did not actually eru...Read More

This year the post-global health crisis boom was brought to an end by a surge in inflation to forty-year highs, a major rise in global interest rates in an attempt to curb the rising prices and surging geopolitical risk after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. While precious metals held up reasonably well as markets turned to them as a risk hedge, by Q2/22 the higher interest rates put an end t...Read More

Chile is the world leader in copper production, at 28.5% of the total in 2020, and this looks set to continue, with the country having the largest global reserves, at 23.0% of total. It is also the global leader for molybdenum, which is often found along with copper, and is a major lithium player, holding 51.1% of global reserves. Read More

Newfoundland has become a gold exploration hotspot over the past few years, with the sector seeing some of its strongest activity ever. While the province remains a small contributor to Canadian gold production, it has a substantial mineral industry well supported by the government, focused on iron ore, copper and nickel, and the surge in exploration suggests that gold output from the...Read More

Nevada is the core of the U.S. gold output, accounting for by far the majority, at 75.4% on average for the past year. The state looks set to remain a dominant player in U.S. gold, as it accounts for 49% of total U.S. reserves, with Alaska slightly ahead with 51% of reserves, but just 8.6% of current production. The U.S. accounts for 6.1% of global gold output, making Nevada one of the largest gol...Read More

The Golden Triangle in northwestern British Columbia has historically been a major site of Canadian gold production, beginning as early as the mid 1800s. There was a wave of production in the 1990s which cooled as the gold price declined, but larger scale production resumed in 2017, and the area has seen surging exploration interest over the past year, given that the region has some of the largest...Read More

In this report we outline the Quebec gold mining industry, including its major producers, and a survey of many of the junior miners focused on the province. Quebec accounts for 34% of Canadian gold production (second to Ontario, with 44%) and remains a major focus for both producers and junior miners.Read More

Red Lake has been one of the most prolific gold mining districts in Canada and the world, with exploration having started in the 1920s, and production, which began in the 1930s, continuing to the present day. The district is known for the high grade of its gold, its infrastructure, and strong institutional support, given the long history of mining in the area.Read More

Nova retains laser focus on qualitySPONSOREDnova royaltyVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesSRK visualisation tool to help engagementSPONSOREDsrk consultingCanada's Supreme Court of British Columbia has granted a Read More

WE Soda comprises the soda ash assets of the Turkish conglomerate Ciner Group. The chair of WE Soda is Didem Ciner, wife of the founder of Ciner Group, Turgay Ciner.Read More

The company has been testing its ion exchange technology at Lake Resources' Kachi brine project in Catamarca, Argentina and at other sites.Read More

"If we can ensure that lithium is extracted and processed in Brazil, we will make [the West's] production more independent, we will generate jobs, added value, and that makes us less dependent,"Read More

Nova retains laser focus on qualitySPONSOREDnova royaltyVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesSRK visualisation tool to help engagementSPONSOREDsrk consultingMining pundit Dominic Frisby talks to Rod Whyte at the Mining Journal Select conferenceNova retains laser focus on qualitySPONSOREDnova r...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A lab grown company in Ukraine has produced "unique" two-colored diamonds - in the blue and yellow of the country's flag.   Meylor Global grew the diamonds using the High Pressure High Temperature (HPHT) method, by incorporating nitrogen and boron as metal catalysts.   "Precise color zoning is the result of years of research and experiments where chemicals and cyclin...Read More

(IDEX Online) -  Petra Diamonds today said it had postponed its June tender of 380,000 carats, in a further indication of a midstream slowdown.The UK-based miner reported a sharp drop in sales at its May tender - down 42 per cent on its March sale - and withdrew almost 76,000 predominantly high-value carats because of weak demand.Petra says it now plans to offer both the goods from its June t...Read More

SRK visualisation tool to help engagementSPONSOREDsrk consultingTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesNova retains laser focus on qualitySPONSOREDnova royaltyMining Journal editor Siobhan Lismore-Scott talks to Martino De Ciccio, Deputy CFO of Endeavour Mining, at the Mining Journal Select conf...Read More

"We are working jointly with the ministries of Agriculture and Environment, with the slogan of reducing permitology, to the point that there are processes that previously took 18 months, which haveRead More

If you seek understanding of a nation's foreign policy and its political orientation please consult a map.That is because the map nine times of 10 will yield you your answer.The map makes a mockery of theory. See the map and the scales will then go falling from your eyes.The map clarifies.Why did Germany pick two mighty fights last century? Why is neighboring Switzerland so docile?Why is R...Read More

I hope this doesn't come off as arrogant or smug, but when we look back at historical market crashes, one thing becomes clear: The presence of unsophisticated investors has been a recurring factor.What do I mean by "unsophisticated investors"?Well, these are simply individuals with limited market experience and lower net worth. And, again, I don't mean to sound pompous, but unsophisticated investo...Read More

Nova retains laser focus on qualitySPONSOREDnova royaltyVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesSRK visualisation tool to help engagementSPONSOREDsrk consultingJohn Ciganek, MD & CEO of Vanadium Resources, tells Mining journal Select the company is significantly undervalued and to expect a ma...Read More

Meteoric was capitalised at less than $20 million late last year when it unveiled the Caldeira rare earths play in Brazil. In share price terms, the stock has risen from about 1.2c to a high of 27.Read More

While many juniors struggle to raise funds in an apathetic market characterised by low trading volumes, the market cannot get enough of Filo, which has a $2.Read More

The middle quarters of 2022 post some of the highest aggregate production quarters ever, raising questions about whether the industry can sustain such a pace. The 5.Read More

Just as the country was packing up for one of the biggest travel holidays of the year Memorial Day weekend Ford and Tesla dropped a bomb. Ford CEO Jim Farley joined Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Twitter to announce a new Ford and Tesla partnership. The crux of it is that, starting next year, Ford EVs will gain access to the 12,000 Tesla Superchargers spanning North America by way of an adapter suppli...Read More

The mine produced 35,856 tonnes of copper in concentrate during May, Ivanhoe said, milling 29,366tpd of ore, with recoveries of 87%.Read More

On Aug. 22, about 2 1/2 months from today, the most significant development in international finance since 1971 will be unveiled.It involves the rollout of a major new currency that could weaken the role of the dollar in global payments and ultimately displace the U.S. dollar as the leading payment currency and reserve currency.It could happen in just a few years.The process by which this will ha...Read More

A small buyout proposal quietly unfolded late last week, as 3D Systems Corp. (DDD) offered $1.2 billion for rival Stratasys Ltd. (SSYS).Some analysts say the proposal could start a new bidding war in the 3-D printer space. Stratasys has already rejected a potential takeover from Nano Dimension Ltd. (NNDM), another company that's also apparently working on a merger with Desktop Metal Inc. (DM).But...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Gemfields say it set a record with sales totaling $43.7m from its Kagem mine, in Zambia.The UK-based colored gems miner says it sold all 35 lots offered, comprising 264,000 carats of higher quality rough, at a series of five auctions, with viewings in Bangkok and bids made online by sealed bids.The June auctions were the highest grossing since the Kagem mine opened in 2009 and narr...Read More